Six Factors Affect Male Fertility

Recently, there is a trend that male fertility and the number of sperm continues to drop. People are under great work pressure and lives in unhealthy life styles, which affects the men’ fertility. Geneally, it is influnced by the following factors.

Drugs and radiation

Frequent use of sedative, antitumor medicine, chemical medicines and hormonal drugs can cause sperm growth disorder. A lot of radioactive rays can cause sperm chromosome aberration. Therefore, those men who are in childbearing ages should avoid contact with a large amount of harmful materials for a long time.

Cigarette and acohols

Smoking and acoholic drinking are great enemies of sperms. As men are quite sensitive to nicotines in cigarettes which can kill sperms. According to a study, sex hormones in men’s blood will increase once men quit smoking.

Generally, the number of sperm of smokers is smaller than that of nonsmokers while the number of abnormal sperms is larger. If an adult male smokes 30 cigarettes every day, the survival rate of his sperm is only 40% and his sperm deformity rate increases. Thus, smoking one of the factors of infertility.

Alcohol not only lessens ability of male sex organs, but also lead to fetus malformation or stunted growth. So teenagers should keep away from alcohol and tobacco. As for adults, they should make contol of the amount of smoking and acohol if they would not quit them.

Malnutrition

Ample nutrition is a necessity to sperm growth. Some men are picky about food, eat junk food or few animal food, such as meat, eggs, fish and dairy products, etc. As a result, they will lack of zinc element and cause sperm number decrease greatly or lose their fertility.

High temperature

Sperm growth needs low temperature, or sperms would die. If a man love hot water bath badly, his sperms may decrease which may cause infertility.

Mental pressure

Depression and long-term instable mood can affect nervous system and endocrine function, causing testicular disorder or infertility.

All in all, men’s fertility can be influnced by physical and mental health. For sake of marriage bliss, you need to lead a heathy way of living.